Atheism Quote by Richard Dawkins

“theory of natural selection itself seems calculated to foster selfishness at the expense of public good, violence, callous indifference to suffering, short term greed…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Natural selection has served as a kind of intellectual sieve, producing brains and intelligences increasingly competent to deal with the laws of nature.”

— Carl Sagan

Politics is Darwinian. Individuals will prioritise their future first.

— Barkha Dutt

“But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is immeasurably superior to man's feeble efforts, as…

— Charles Darwin

“I suggested that a better understanding of human nature in the light of modern science can point the way to an approach to politics…

— Steven Pinker

...we must be wary of granting too much power to natural selection by viewing all basic capacities of our brain as direct adaptations.

— Stephen Jay Gould

The real problem with natural selection is that it makes no intuitive sense. It is like quantum physics; we may intellectually grasp it, but…

— Paul Bloom

Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

— Daniel Dennett

Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-specific arrogance. No evidence exists that we are 'chosen',…

— Lynn Margulis

Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by no means…

— Edmund Burke

“Natural selection is a beguiling counterfeiter of deliberate purpose.”

— Richard Dawkins

If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly surprising, it is imperative that our political thinking should…

— Bertrand Russell